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There is nothing desirable for modern man to part with his money in the name of paying Lobola. The Gynocenteic systems have ruined family institutions by striping off man’s…
Feminism is the masculinisation of women. Which goes against their biological nature which is dictated by oestrogen, sold as the liberal and independence of them, in the defence against the privileges they get from the patriarchal set up. Haunting men as an abuser and other unholy names that are thrown in the name of equality is really startling. Gender based violence has been institionalized by …
A Feast For Lost Souls In Sinaloa, Mexico, women recover the bodies of missing loved ones—and cook to keep their memories of the dead alive. Story by Annelise JolleyVideos and photographs by Zahara Gómez Lucini The Atavist Magazine, No. 121 Annelise Jolley is a journalist and essayist who writes about food, ecology, borders, and faith.… A Feast for Lost Souls
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We live in a society where people are more offended by swear words and middle fingers than they are by famine, warfare and the destruction of the environment. The order of the day is people are constantly nerve-stricken after previously following the permission to live lies. An overlap into discomfort largely comes from an excess […] Faux Outrage
It is very easy to make money. A lot of people make money, a lot of it at some point in life but after having money what people will do with it is what make either a man wealth or broke. Most people are broke not because they don’t know how to make money but they don’t know how to maintain, grow and spend wisely …
This all creates privileged, superficial and entitled women who are insufferable to all but the most seasoned Alpha. While this is known to most men, only a handful will “do” anything about it because they realize women have total power in the romantic world. This power is both institutionalized and informal, but it is the […] Limping Towards the Redpill: – THE WARDEN POST
Game. Much of the men’s dating advice community swears by it. Their mindset is – Women are attracted to high-status behavior in men. So if a man learns how to properly ACT around women, what exactly to say, that Y is the right thing to do when she does X… He’ll clean up, right? Basically […] Does “game” attract women?
Despite what I said in my post on +1s, does it feels really fucking good to put your dick inside a girl, not just in a visceral way, but as the end of a successful seduction? Hell yes it does. Oktoberfest girl is one of my longer seductions: we met nearly a month ago at […] Festival Girl Field Report 2.0
Yet I have a trick Of the old rage. Bear with me, I am sick; I’ll leave it by degrees. Soft, let us see: Write ‘Lord have mercy on us’ on those three. They are infected; in their hearts it lies; They have the plague, and caught it of your eyes. These lords are visited; […] A Plague on all your houses
Some of my findings are so politically incorrect that I hold them back for a long time until I have further proof, or gather enough courage to take the beating that may come. Yesterday, with the Days of Power, I filled up my vessel with The Light… and with that my courage is overflowing. I am not saying I am not afraid. Last night it …
POLITICALLY INCORRECT HUMOR BELONGS IN KID’S SHOWS Humor, like all art, is a balancing act. The amateur comedian who tries too hard to be politically incorrect and funny ends up being neither. They usually open their set with, “Hi, I’m the most offensive comedian, I’m warning you!” Dumb idea. Why would you let your audience […] Politically Incorrect Humor Belongs in Kid’s Shows
1. Never ask heterosexual women for tips on how to seduce a woman. It’s like asking people who constantly watch cars go by, but have never driven themselves, what it is like to drive a car. Heterosexual women do not try and seduce other heterosexual women. They have zero experience as to how to go […] Some politically incorrect truths to be used as you …
Dear Friends—can you believe it’s already December?? This week, I again open up PhoebeMD.com for another networking event. I originally started this on PhoebeMD: Medicine + Poetry as a dedicated time for bloggers to come together to share their work, make new connections, and expand their blog audiences. In short: a chance to promote yourself […] Promote Your Blog!
When you’re 47 years old, you sometimes hear a small voice inside you that says: “Just because you’ve reached middle age, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take on new challenges and seek new adventures. You get only one ride on this crazy carousel we call life, and by golly you should make the most of it.”This is the voice of Satan.I know this because recently, …
As a Blogger I have a front row seat at the decline of Zimbabwean Civilization. In the privacy of their bedrooms, where parents imagine they are playing something like Pac-Man or using Wikipedia to do their homework, 11 and 12 year old children are morphing into pseudo-sophisticated sex and attention addicts. The criminal cluelessness of parents– think about the images in TV advertisements and the …
Why am I worried about wiretapping if I haven’t done anything wrong? What have I got to hide? I’m relatively guilt-free as people go, pretty much law-abiding compared to the average. But think: what’s being done with all that “data mining?” PR firms buy it, so they can target their ads. I don’t like being a target for ads. Political consultants use the data to …
Last week I pointed out questions that should never be asked. So it is only right to help with questions that should never be answered. *** The inspiration for this list came from observing everyday life and watching others fall into a dark pit for no
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws …
To believe in a personal God with “reasons”, they give up their own! What kind of God kills miners and starts tropical-marine cyclones the? Ordains Presidents and makes your stocks go up, or down? Sends….
Yeah! That’s what I’m saying: kids don’t belong. They’ve got no right to be with adults. When I’m in a bar or restaurant, hanging out with my buds, I don’t want to see any snot……..
….When one of these people ends up in jail, the “flock” is always stunned. It goes against their most basic understanding of how the world works. On the other hand, progressives are always….
I live in Marondera, and I have to say to those people who don’t believe we have global warming– Come up here. People who live up here will tell you that the summers used to be wonderful. Nothing above 30 degrees, and always a cool breeze. Nights that are perfect for sleeping. A few summers ago we started getting weather that was warmer than usual, …
Consider the Alpha male: big, broad shouldered, good looking, and smart. Other men just naturally look up to him. He gets their full attention; he’s a natural leader. Alpha-ness is a kind of neutral power, like electricity. Sure, tyrants and gang leaders have it. But alpha’s aren’t automatically bad guys. One idea, an oldie but goodie, is Chivalry: the idea that the strong should use …
Boogapony and GLAM Promotions is thrilled to present: Hello, everyone! Welcome to the aFa Weekend Concert Series! I’m Frank, your host. You can currently find me strolling the beach with provoking thoughts at Beach Walk Reflections. In my prior blog life, I hosted A Frank Angle for over 11 years. Music was an important part […]
“If you’re searching for that one person who will change your life, look in the mirror.” -Unknown I talk about self-love a lot because it’s something I’ve been working on and learning how to do for many years and realize it’s going to be a constant practice. Intentionally doing things that are going to help […] […] 4 Benefits Of Self-Love — Goals & Good Vibes
I currently live in the basement of this house. You can see the bamboo in the back that is a haven for birds and the occasional deer. ~ moving on again deny, accept, search, decide packing and changing ~ Yes, it snowed yet again. This is definitely the most snow we’ve had in many years. […] Moving On
Solving your problems, makes you feel good❣️ Solving another man’s problem, will make you feel better❣️ Being the reason why a lot of people smile, will give you the best kind of feelings❣️ Why remain good, when you can reach out, touch lives and become the best man? Best Man
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Americans claim to fight for freedom for people around the world, but when we, traditional societies look at them, we don’t see freedom. We see sin and excess. We look at people like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers– selfish people who put their own desires for money and celebrity ahead of morality. Freedom to us is totally opposite from the …
My ex girlfriend believed in progress, and thought that humans were on the road to moral perfection. Before she died, she decided that the evidence pointed the other way. We are all hell bent on our own destruction– so full of pointless spite that we’ll blow up the world rather than let some other tribe run it. But I don’t think it’s pointless spite. We …
My moods don’t just swing. They bounce, pivot, recoil, rebound, oscillate, fluctuate and occasionally pirouette. Men have mood swings. Women have mood leaps, mood swirls and mood loops. You don’t know you could breathe wrong until you’re around a woman with a mood leap. Suddenly you’re being accused of taking in too much oxygen per […] Moods Swinging
One thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain. My music taste ranges from “You’ve gotta listen to this” to “I know, please don’t judge me.” A day without music is like…just kidding, I have no idea. When I was a little boy, I told my Dad, ‘When I grow […] The Power of Music
My favorite thing to make for dinner is reservations. Who would have thought that boiling eggs and making pap would be so difficult. Making pap is the same as “fighting until you see the light at the end of the tunnel.” You never know if you’ve gotten it right until the end. There’s a key […] Cooking
It is funny to be a critic. A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run. Ideally, if you can’t cook, you shouldn’t tell people that their food needs salt. A critic like me is doing so anyway. The worst-case scenario is that it’ll be the last time I ever eat your […] Dealing with Criticism
Moms stay up all night overthinking about their children. A job nobody asked them to do but they brought it upon themselves anyways. What’s worse is that moms get upset that we don’t appreciate the fact that they do this. Like it is somehow our fault. And you know they mean well, they’re just going […] The Joys of Motherhood
You’re not big, you’re fat. Let’s be slightly more truthful. Sometimes being the bigger person means smiling and nodding while fantasizing about punching the other person in the throat. Not just because they called you fat but because they absolutely deserve it. The truth remains that you’re round around where your edges are supposed to […] The Bigger Person
Long time ago, people who sacrificed their sleep, family, food, laughter and other joys of life were called Saints. But now, they are called IT professionals. The cause of people’s unhappiness is sacrificing what they want most for what they want now. Your role may be thankless, but if you’re willing to give it your […] Sacrifices
March 3 was World Book Day this year and many schools encourage students to dress up as a favourite character from a book. I was delighted that one young reader dressed as Amanda in Spain! Her aunt sent me a picture. How special is that? I love seeing who children choose to dress up as. […] World Book Day 2022
End homelessness? Why? Why would you want to do that? I mean, none of us wants the mentally ill to be wandering around the streets without medicine or shelter. We want to cure disease. We want to feed the hungry, clean up crime in the parks. End littering! But homelessness? What ever happened to freedom? Why should a person have to live in a house, …
Global warming’s going to submerge the planet? I don’t think so. Not that I don’t believe in Global Warming. I do. Ocean levels are rising, you can see it. But submergence doesn’t happen overnight. A natural cycle, of deserts and melting pole caps, is followed by another cyclic Age of Ice. Maybe we are destroying the planet: we’ll get what we deserve. But either way, …
Everything in Creation is made from energy — and that’s sex. When the scientists recognize that quarks and quirks and such are sexual energies, they will start to understand things. Will they ever be able to prove it all with math, like they want to do? Who knows? Sexual energies may not give a hoot about math. But if you look out into space, and …
I don’t get all the fuss over the “failure” of the government to help, Chimanimani. Why should we care about those losers? All that bitching about a few flooded basements! I’ve got nothing against charity: let the Salvation Army give them soup and blankets. But people who choose to live in a crime-ridden area prone to flooding? People too stupid or lazy to evacuate when …
Oh, why did I even sign up for this class? I didn’t know we’d have to practice auditioning… It’s not fair. Everybody will be looking at me, judging me. If I do one thing wrong everybody is going to notice, and laugh at me, and I’m going to be so embarrassed. The lights will be beaming in my eyes and my hands will start shaking …
Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, “I’m Stupid”. That way you wouldn’t rely on them, would you? You wouldn’t ask them anything. It would be like, “Excuse me…oops, never mind. I didn’t see your sign.” It’s like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My friend comes …
He woke me up from my fantasy. He proved to me once and for all that voting for an intelligent well-meaning president does nothing to stop paid-for politicians funneling all our tax money to their business cronies. Both parties are out to suck us dry! Election campaigns are a fake “reality” show. The contestants are going to do and say what ever it takes to …
Do you mean to say that even our most reliable news media panders to the administration in power, and doesn’t tell the whole truth to the Zimbabwean people? Oh my stars and garters! You’re shocked? Try reading some of the newspapers from outside Zimbabwe. You’ll find a totally different viewpoint. Our newspapers, radios, and televisions used to go in search of the truth. A big …
I know a woman who had an abortion when she was a frightened 18 year old. Her lover, her friend, the young man she’d known since they were kids– he ran out on her. The emotional scars she carries from that have hurt her sexuality and the rest of her self-esteem. It may take decades for her to learn to trust again. But, ask her: …
Once, to be a Zanu-Pf meant to uphold time-tested processes and institutions, whether they were those of a constitutional monarchy or a democratic republic. Tradition, reason, and the common good were the watchwords. But in this day, in this country, to be a Zanu-Pf is to buy into the most corrupt and contemptible form of moral relativism: to abandon principle and logic altogether. Scientific knowledge …
What we have today isn’t Politics. Politics is the election by informed citizens of representatives who will make informed decisions. Decisions based on debate about what is in the best interests of the people as a whole. What should our society’s rules be? How should we divvy up our financial and intellectual resources? What we have now is politicians pretending that they do that. But …
Long before the current attack on science I was dealing with creationists…. Friends would come up to me with quotes from textbooks, all fired up that their kid kins were being taught “notions” that went against what they’d learned at home or in church. This was a people vs eggheads issue, not one of politics. We’re a nation of shopkeepers and salesmen, craftsmen and farmers; …
I know when I put stuff out on a public forum like this that it’s like– well- like, anybody can eavesdrop. I mean, you’re listening now, aren’t you? Why do I say something if I don’t want to be heard? I’m glad you’re listening! But not my girlfriend. I want her to stop. It’s like she’s spying on me. She makes me feel as if …
Imagine walking down a dark alley-way lined with brick buildings, garbage and junk. Then, at the end, a light turns on, flickering. Under that is a man dressed in old clothes with holes, no socks or shoes…. He is sitting on a grocery bag. He has a beard and scratches on his face, bruises too. He’s crying. He has a dog with scraggly fur and …
Right now, I see a race between the corruption scandals destroying the RP and the RP destroying Zimbabwe. I hope the scandals will develop quicker: Give voters a heads-up about what’s happening. I hope that every one of those crooks cops a plea, and dumps everything he knows about all the others– until the whole, corrupt, crony-ridden, hateful system comes crashing down. But I don’t …
I loved Holidays when I was a kid, but these days I just can’t stand the relentless materialism. The obnoxious ads that equate money spent on consumer goods with “love” make me sick to my stomach. I’m not giving you the Puritan rant about plastic Santas and American kids who gobble sugary junk and have too many toys. I’m not against pleasure. But somehow they …
They’re listening in on all of us, you know. Scanning for key words. Of course you know, even if you won’t admit it. They want you to know. Because the real purpose of the domestic spying program is to scare you, so you won’t talk openly with your friends and neighbors. People keeping their opinions to themselves– and that’s exactly what they want! The one …
Prisons are a big business. The whole war on drugs is an industry in itself. I know a kid from a well-off family who was a coke addict and was jailed to punish him. The county where he was incarcerated got money from DEA for the investigation, and more for the arrest. The lawyer who bargained down his plea got hundreds of dollars an hour. …
Economic collapse might be the best thing that could happen to these United States. Maybe then Americans might start to act like real citizens, instead of just consumers. Buying is America’s everyday religion– and even religion on Sunday is selling it. People “buy” isms and dogma and rhetoric and candidates the same way they buy the latest shiny widget. And they never think to turn …
When I was a kid, war wasn’t fashionable. My family didn’t know anybody who was in the military. Gun owners? We thought of them as freaks. They lived on run-down old farms, or were gangsters in the big cities. Cops were sort of jokes, too– the not-very bright sons of working class families who were too good to be in the mob but not good …
First we lost assembly-line manufacturing, then the skilled trades like die cutting. Now science and engineering is going overseas too. OUR Zimbabwean multinationals are driving this! They’re funding it with the capital gains and corporate tax cuts they got because they said they’d invest in creating jobs. Which they did. In Namibia. In South Africa. What’s left? Financial, business, medical, cutting edge high-tech? Wait til …
Today is a parody,of yesterday’s memories.Sentimental melodies,mimicking life’s symphony. Deep thoughts are like remedies,altering extremities.molding great disparities,to form similarities. Sunrise provides charity,with fair regularity,bringing the world clarity,views carry serenity. Moonlight beams polarities,twinkling solidarity,uniting dualities,bearing singularity. Everyday brings mysteries,deriving from history,guides with possibilities,forming for eternity. – Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy Passing By
The problem with you Americans is you don’t have politicians, you have front men for corporations… Elections, the Constitution, your law– these are just an inconvenience to these office holders. You just lost a major city to a natural disaster. Tens of thousands are still homeless. What have your so called “politicians” done for these citizens? If Republicans and Democrats can just wash their hands …
Barring the time I got ravaged by COVID or when I pulled my back, I’ve managed to maintain my daily workout schedule for about a year now. I don’t even remember how long it’s been. I’m just basing it off this post. And I’ve uploaded said workouts in the form of Insta stories to hold […] The Real Reason Why I Work Out Every Day …
Interweave your thoughts with mine,dreams and visions are combined,check it twice to redefine,to help our wishes align. Convinced that hopes are the same,knowing that I lost my aim,feeling just a bit of shame,loosing my voice, mind, and name. Love you more than I do me,only know the sights you see,your hands hold every last key,dictating […] Speak Up
Prevent their win,clear pain within.Do not let sins,make your life spin. Each thought you hold,gives them control,makes your heart cold,weighing your soul. To not forgetmay bring regret,try to resetescape the net. Traumas installedkeeps minds enthralled,sadness recalledmake each day crawl. Stained sorrows trace,until replaced.Power your daysas scars erase. Let burdens fallbreak down the walls,stand proud and […] End Distress
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”― Charles Bowden Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Wordless Wednesday -Eugenia Image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay Wordless Wednesday – June 1, 2022
as a lover of the printed page i still happily await the arrival of each sunday’s newspaper on my doorstep in spite of sadly seeing this far too often. — “every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth […] old news.
The truth is that we are now a rogue state, under the arbitrary rule of a rogue president. Everybody in Harare knows it, but nobody has the guts to say it out loud. Fear is in the air everywhere: abject, snivveling, hide-under-the-bed and- pretend- it’s- not- out- there fear. It’s not just fear of a few foreign fanatics with explosives. The truth that is just …
A politician needs to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen. A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. The problem with political jokes is that they get elected. Every single election […] The lies Politicians tell
(There are) many stories which are not on paper, they are written in the bodies and minds of women. Amrita Pritam his, “will you cook for me forever!” that had seemed the most romantic question then, was my undoingas I happily immersed myself in pots and pans,tied to the invisible post of domesticity; I lost my […] My story
My ex girlfriend believed in progress, and thought that humans were on the road to moral perfection… Before she died, she decided that the evidence pointed the other way. We are all hell bent on our own destruction– so full of pointless spite that we’ll blow up the world rather than […] My ex believed in progress.
Americans claim to fight for freedom for people around the world, but when we, traditional societies look at them, we don’t see freedom. We see sin and excess. We look at people like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers– selfish people who put their own desires for money and celebrity ahead […] A nation of hypocrisy.
When life gives you lemons, construct a crude electrochemical battery. If overthinking situations burned calories, I’d be dead. Worrying will be the death of every one of us if we don’t snap out of it. It’s bigger than you, just chill and see what karma comes up with. I hate leaving home when I don’t […] Low Battery
Brotherly love is the bond of brotherhood. By practising brotherhood, we set a good example to those around us. Your brother is who gives you honest advice. Sisters will prefer to pander so that your fragile heart isn’t hurt. Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other. Brothers aren’t […] The bond of Brotherhood
So far, I am untouched by this war. My family was profoundly touched by earlier wars. My great uncle was killed in Chimurenga. Not in combat, in a training accident while he was still in his teens. A cousin of mine was killed when his helicopter was shot down in Congo. I’ve run my fingers across his name on the Veteran’s monument in Gweru. My …
You Americans are luvvies- warm, friendly, generous– and much too polite lately. Why are you sitting around sucking your thumbs and sucking up the Biden BullShit? Are you utterly spineless? Of course politicians have no spines, just like they have no scruples. Politicians may start with principles and a conscience but those who try to act accordingly are weeded out at the lower levels. The …
Could we just brush up on history, please? Remember that the Soviet Union spent ten years trying to crush an Islamic insurgence in Afghanistan? That really ended well for them, didn’t it? So, their Deciders think it will end up better for them because — of what, exactly? When you consider that the USA supported the Taliban in Afghanistan to the tune of more than …
People take sides, like they do with sports teams. One party is “My Side”, the “Good Guys”. Anytime your party’s the loser, and not in power, and the party that IS in power pushes their agenda aggressively, to you the president is a ‘strongman’ or a ‘dictator’. How did ED get this overwhelming power? Zimbabweans elected a majority of CCCs to sit in the Senate, …
I guess we are all experts on war. I’ve heard all I want to hear from armchair commanders, whether they are congressmen or the guy who flips burgers down at the diner. I’m only listening to Veterans at this point. They have plenty to say. Some are those against the war, and some are for it. A lot of soldiers believed that joining the Guard, …
The same people who condemn abortion condemn birth control. They believe that sex itself, the bodily expression of love, is sinful– unless it is within the sacrament of marriage and unless each act of love is open to the possibility of conception. If you’re not married and aiming at pregnancy, no sex: Abstinence is the way! They want everyone– or at least every woman– to …
By Jonathan Heifer On Zealous Thierry My dream? You’d never guess, to look at me. But when I was a little kid? I spent summers on a farm. My Dad’s grandparents’. Till I was six. When I was seven my parents divorced, and the summers stopped. My Great-Grands passed away not very long after. I don’t remember much about it, really. Except that I was …
By Paula Mandez On Zealous Thierry When I was a kid I never gave in to other people’s opinions about how I should look or how much I should weigh. Dieting was for weaklings. I felt superior to kids who were always talking about their weight and how little they ate. If a girl turned down dessert for fear of getting fat, I’d roll my …
You’re all upset that the voters of one of the United States have sent a Muslim to congress? You say Islam is a terror cult, not a “real” religion? You say you’ve never heard of a religion where devotees carry weapons and have “hit squads”? Read history! War gods who favor the tribe that worships them are the most popular form of religion, historically. Most …
By Caitlin Mendez On Zealous Thierry I learned something really important after my mother died from cancer and I had to deal with my father. At first I was angry with him. Murderously angry. Why should Dad get off so easy? Mom died in terrible pain, after a life made miserable by Dad’s bad temper. By his lying and cheating and drinking. By his complete …
Bearing a child affects a woman more deeply than it can any man. No woman thinks, like, “I guess I’ll go out today and get a pedicure then stop off at the clinic for an abortion”. It’s a soul-bruising choice. From the depths of my conscience, I say: what about the rights of the born? The ones already occupying the planet, the ones living and …
Zealous Thierry 